The Octopus Project is a Council of Europe project based on voluntary contributions from States Parties and Observers to the Convention on Cybercrime and other public and private sector organisations, aiming to support the implementation of the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention), its Protocols and related standards, as well as to address additional challenges that came to the forefront in the course of 2020.

Results are expected in the following areas:

 Duration of the project: 1 January 2021 – 31 December 2027


 

Project documentation
Activities

Octopus project – CYBERKOP action: Domestic workshop on public-private cooperation on assessing and mitigating security risks and incidents in the 5G era

17 September 2024 Pristina

The CYBERKOP Action of the Octopus Project is supporting the National Cyber Security Unit (KOS-CERT) to organise a workshop in Pristina aimed at strengthening the public-private cooperation in managing 5G security risks and incidents. The workshop brings together 20 representatives from the...

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Japan makes a further voluntary contribution to the Octopus Project

10 September 2024 Strasbourg, France

The Government of Japan has made a voluntary contribution of €20,000 to support the Council of Europe action against cybercrime. The agreement was signed on 10 September 2024 by Ambassador Hiroyuki Uchida, Consul General of Japan and Bjørn Berge, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe....

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Underground Economy Conference 2024

2-5 SEPTEMBER STRASBOURG, FRANCE

From 2 to 5 September 2024, the Council of Europe, alongside Team Cymru, co-organised for the fourth time the Underground Economy Conference at the Council of Europe premises, Palais de l’Europe, in Strasbourg, France. This year’s event gathered around 500 experts representing law enforcement...

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